La Mia Sorella (My Sister): Ripped Apart By Life, Put Back Together By Love

Summary

La Mia Sorella, (My Sister), explores the complex relationship between two sisters and their extraordinary love for one another beneath the weight of southern Italy’s prejudices and the ever- changing landscape of America’s early 20th century. From a small, struggling village embraced by the Mediterranean Sea to Boston’s North End, the sisters embark on distinctly different roads to navigate world wars, an arranged marriage, natural disasters, abuse, healing and tremendous loss. During a time of immense changes in women’s rights and opportunities, inventions and possibility, the sisters struggle to remain true to themselves and their calling, one another and their culture. Betrayal and hope bloom midst the vast opportunities of American life. Success and greed threaten to break the sisters’ bond irrevocably.